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The Stupidest Angel

A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror

By Christopher Moore

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| Hardcover | 9780060590253

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Christmas crept into Pine Cove like a creeping Christmas thing: dragging garland, ribbon, and sleigh bells, oozing eggnog, reeking of pine, and threatening festive doom like a cold sore under the mistletoe.

'Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas, and all through the tiContinue

Christmas crept into Pine Cove like a creeping Christmas thing: dragging garland, ribbon, and sleigh bells, oozing eggnog, reeking of pine, and threatening festive doom like a cold sore under the mistletoe.

'Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas, and all through the tiny community of Pine Cove, California, people are busy buying, wrapping, packing, and generally getting into the holiday spirit. It is the hap-hap-happiest time of the year, after all.

But not everybody is feeling the joy. Little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a holiday miracle. No, he's not on his deathbed; no, his dog hasn't run away from home. But Josh is sure that he saw Santa take a shovel to the head, and now the seven-year-old has only one prayer: Please, Santa, come back from the dead.

But hold on! There's an angel waiting in the wings. (Wings, get it?) It's none other than the Archangel Raziel come to Earth seeking a small child with a wish that needs granting. Unfortunately, our angel's not sporting the brightest halo in the bunch, and before you can say "Kris Kringle," he's botched his sacred mission and sent the residents of Pine Cove headlong into Christmas chaos, culminating in the most hilarious and horrifying holiday party the town has ever seen.

Only Christopher Moore, the man who brought you the outrageous lost gospel Lamb and the hysterical fish tale Fluke could have devised a new holiday classic that tugs at the heartstrings and serves up a healthy slice of fruitcake to boot.

Move over, Charles Dickens -- it's Christopher Moore time.

Critics

  • The Stupidest Angel: A Heart warming Tale of Christmas Terror

    Pine Cove is a sleepy Californian coastal village with more art galleries than gas stations, in which everyone drives an SUV. When young Josh Barker witnesses Santa being murdered, or rather, when he sees evil developer Dale Pearson, playing the town ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

  • The Stupidest Angel By Christopher Moore

    Most Christmas novels suffer from an overabundance of sweetness or a glut of requisite miracle making. Not Christopher Moore's The Stupidest Angel. In fact, Moore starts off with a tongue-in-cheek warning claiming it may not be the best gift for the ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Sat, 11 Sep 2010

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    The Stupidest Angel

    A wonderfully twisted story of a Christmas miracle gone awry.

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    Readingrat said on Dec 18, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • After reading Lamb, I was expecting something a little funnier. Don't get me wrong: the book is full of wit and sarcasm and surreal situations. It's just that maybe I was expecting more.
    Roberto the fruitbat is by far the funniest character: I can't help but laughing whenever I think about him :D

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    Simbul said on Sep 4, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • Murder, a blundering Snickers-crazed angel, and a zombie Santa: can a holiday book get much better? If you like your local sherrif a little stoned and your housewives a little crazy (literally) then this is the Christmas book for you.

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    javajinny said on Jan 12, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • Christmas cheer!

    A great xmas romp! Now my second favorite xmas book (after Sedaris's Holidays on Ice)

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    myrtlebch said on Jan 15, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • The authors warning sums this book up: "If you're buying this book as a gift for your grandma or a kid, you should be aware that it contains cusswords as well as tasteful depictions of cannibalism and people in their forties having sex. Don't blame me. I told you."
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    The authors warning sums this book up: "If you're buying this book as a gift for your grandma or a kid, you should be aware that it contains cusswords as well as tasteful depictions of cannibalism and people in their forties having sex. Don't blame me. I told you."
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    A quirky and cute disaster of a Christmas story. _

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    Heather Landry said on Dec 18, 2008 | Add your feedback

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